If we want a stronger local democracy, we all need to be part of the generation that makes it happen. Notwestminster is for everyone who has something positive to say about local democracy and anyone who is up for the challenge of making it better. Notwestminster 2018 included a Democracy Maker Day where we explored ways of opening up council decision-making, a democracy themed PechaKucha Night of quickfire talks, a Democracy in the Making market stall with artist Amy Hirst to celebrate Vote 100, and our Main event featuring participant-led Workshops, Lightning talks and our Ideas Bazaar where we made our pledges to create a stronger local democracy.
Ideas & Pledges
- Ideas Bazaar 2018 – ideas from our workshops and how to get involved
- Pledges from Notwestminster 2018 – personal pledges from our participants
Live notes & Blogs
Main event:
- Friends don’t let friends have rubbish meetings (Live notes)
- Power, Participation and Wisdom in Local Democracy (Live notes)
- One Team Local Democracy? (Live notes)
- Involving young people in democracy (Live notes)
- Open government (Live notes)
- Ideas for deliberative democracy test and learn pilots (Live notes)
- Northern Devolution: Re-capture the meaning! (Live notes)
- How can we talk to each other when we don’t speak the same language? (Live notes)
- Open Contracting in Action (Live notes)
Maker Day:
- Live from #Notwestminster – Joe Mitchell, Democracy Club (Blog)
- #Notwestminster Decision making workshop – Sym’s notes (GoogleDoc)
- Decision making: close a library – Lucy’s notes (GoogleDoc)
- #Notwestminster session on hustings – Joe’s notes (GoogleDoc)
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Twitter Moments
- #Notwestminster 2018 – We are Generation D
- #Notwestminster PechaKucha Night 2018
- Democracy Maker Day 2018
- Democracy in the Making
Photos
- #Notwestminster 2018 The Main Event – Anthony McKeown
- #Notwestminster 2018 PechaKucha Night – Anthony McKeown
- #Notwestminster 2018 Maker Day – Anthony McKeown
Videos
Video clips:
- Welcome to Notwestminster 2018 – Carl Whistlecraft
- Growing our own democracy – Cllr Cathy Scott (Lightning talk)
- ‘A United States of England’ – Cllr Peter Fleming (Lightning talk)
- The Past, Present and Future: Women in Politics – Mehrissa Sufi (Lightning talk)
- Social and economic justice: a new local social contract – Neil McInroy (Lightning talk)
- The generational divide: reality or myth? – Jacqui McKinlay (Lightning talk)
- Participatory Democracy: A complex yet simple idea – Michelle Brook (Lightning talk)
- Young women, political participation and creating a new politics – Dr Grainne McMahon (Lightning talk)
Live stream footage:
- Notwestminster 2018 morning live stream – intro and talks (32 mins 49 secs)
- Notwestminster 2018 afternoon live stream – intro and talks (34 mins 47 secs)
PechaKucha presentations
- The Deputy Mayor – Cllr Gwen Lowe
- No Fracking Way – Cllr Andrew Cooper
- The Pacer: A Warning From History – Ed Hammond
- Wisdom Councils in Vorarlberg – Andy Paice
- Local Government can be Open and Sustainable Government – Andreas Pavlou
- The Greatest Movie Ever Made About Democracy – Dave Mckenna
- Is it time to lower the voting age to 16? – Andy Mycock
- Levelling Up: A guide to career progression in the public sector – Lucy Knight
- Council mottos: the good, the mad and the meaningless – Matt Clack
- The Democracy of Presence – Rose Condo
Slides
- Growing our own democracy – Cllr Cathy Scott
- Generational divide – reality or myth? – Jacqui McKinlay
- Young women, political participation and creating a new politics – Dr Grainne McMahon
- Friends don’t let friends have rubbish meetings (workshop presentation)
Playlist
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